Speech against coporate dollars controlling local elections in Washington, D.C.

Fair Elections
-Moral Voice
-We have to stand against Big Business and Corporate Control
We would not have problems with:
------------Walmart
------------Push Back against a $15 minimum wage
------------More Unionized contracts
------------Where churches and citizens are being robbed by dc water and being overcharged
------------pepco and exelon mergers take place without the will of the people

We are tired:
--------------of the rich getting richer and the poor is getting
--------------of those politicians who we only see when they need to be re-elected
--------------of those politicians who know nothing about our children telling us what's best for our kids and our community
--------------of outsiders controlling what happens inside the boundaries of our great city

So we are here today to ask for your support of the Fair Elections Bill.  We need politicians who will stand up, when everybody else is sitting down.  We need politicians who will speak out when everyone else is silent.  This Bill gives our leaders in the community the opportunity to level the playing field and provides promise to those among us who deserve to represent us our elected officials.
I end with a true story.  I started a fight a few years ago against big business.  As the bridge as well as the homeland security buildings were being constructed, the community asked me to get involved because the construction companies refused to hire our people.  So we begin to fight and work hard to change the will of the mayor at the time and council.  I was told that there was too much money involved for us to change anything.  They refused to hire dc residents.  Just down the street, signs were placed on Good Hope Road saying "we don't hire niggers."  Well, by the grace of God, the power of the people and Lifetime Mayor Barry we were able to construct a New First Source Law that made companies hire and give hours to DC residents before they could hire anyone else on the job.
Not only that, we begin a fight and we called it "Fight for $15."  We wanted to raise the minimum wage pay from pennies to a honest living wage.  And people told us that we couldn't because big business would'n't let us win.  Well, today I stand to tell you that with the people on our side, we won and the minimum wage, in DC, will become $15 in just a few more days.
When the people stand together we can move mountains.  With God on ourside, we can change this mean old world.  That count us out, but we will keep hammer away.  We will keep hitting the wall until the door is open and all us can sit at the table and enjoy the benefits of being a Washington, D.C. Resident.